Hey, if people want to think Diane Keaton is sexy I say more power to them.

But I thought her selling point was her earnest, complete and total lack of sex appeal. For example, she was cast in "The Godfather" because she was the anti-Apollonia; all straitlaced, prim and proper. Very un-earthy. And she was cast in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" for the same reason. She was all uptight and looking at a future of spinsterhood (and she didn't want to have kids because of her scoliosis) so she got caught up in that unfortunate 70s cocaine fueled wildlife to her ultimate ruin.

Well, anyway. Different strokes for different folks. Me? I vote not sexy.

"But I thought her selling point was her earnest, complete and total lack of sex appeal. For example, she was cast in "The Godfather" because she was the anti-Apollonia; all straitlaced, prim and proper."

Different strokes for different folks. I guess you see 'prim and proper' as being the antithesis of having sex appeal. On the other hand, I do not. I find it to be very sexy, while in most cases I find the vamp look to be rather unappealing.

Mia Farrow is the better Woody Allen muse in my opinion. Diane Keaton, though lovely, just seems a bit too *surface*, if you see what I mean (my mother, on the other hand, admires Diane Keaton for adopting a child in her fifties. I think my mother is trying to send me some kind of subtle message about my life, but I digress.....)

I tried to re-watch Manhattan the other day and I just couldn't get into it at all! I once really enjoyed that movie. What happened? I guess I am so much more "Hannah and her Sisters" these days, than "Annie Hall." And, how totally odd and kind of insulting to the fine actresses, really, that I think of them in terms of the Woody Allen movies they have been in....sorry, but it's the combo I liked, I guess.

*Oh, I still think a fashion blog like the sartorialist, with the fantastic pics of men and women of all ages and walks of life, does a better job of projecting a healthy image about aging than these Bridget-Jones'-Diary-for-the-fifties-set movies.

**I'll probably still see the movie. Darn it, marketing was made for people like me.

Susan, it's fashion! What do you expect? :) They get bored doing long pants for men all the time, so they become (shudder) inventive.Tucked in between the runway stuff are lots of street scenes that I find fascinating.

Revenant: tastes sure do change. In college, the whole Mariel Hemingway thing didn't bother me at all. Now, years later, it totally weirds me out. I mean, not that she's so young and Woody is older. Mariel's character just weirded me out. Oh, who am I kidding. I love Woody Allen movies, even those I don't like so much. That makes perfect sense, you know.

Manhattan remains my favorite Allen movie, also. I like Annie Hall, Hannah and Her Sisters, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and others, but Manhattan is my favorite. I think Mariel Hemingway's character is unlikely, and uncomfortably similar to Woody's real life, but still quite appealing and effective. As for Diane Keaton, her role in Something's Gotta Give(for example)is really remarkable. Her scene outside a restaurant with Jack Nicholson is one of the few moments in film the last ten years that have moved me to the core. I think she is an incredible actress who is very underrated. People tend to underrate actors who seem to play themselves comfortably. It isn't that easy--look at John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Cary Grant, and Clint Eastwood--yes, they are all men, but they are also actors who were underrated because they seemed to effortlessly slip into an established persona. It's not that effortless, and Diane Keaton has some of the same quality in her work.

As for sexy--In a world were brainless, tattooed twits with big breasts or stubbled chins are considered "sexy," I agree that an apparently intelligent, interesting, and fit woman of Keaton's age doesn't fit that mold. However, a discriminating man wouldn't have much of an inner debate if he had to decide between Diane Keaton and one of the current pretenders.

Well, there are few who could be the commissioner, and I will take her over Sarandon any day, but would take Mirren over Keaton.

I'm really late to this game, but while I thought Diane Keaton never looked better in Something's Got to Give (I second the motion about the scene outside the restaurant - been there!), she thought she looked awful. Or so she said in an interview I read recently. She likes looking weird in her, as Victoria called it, chitty chitty bang bang clothes.

I originally didn't want to see SGG because it was marketed (IMHO) as a joke at how disgusting older women are. They highlighted Nicholson seeing her naked and saying, "I'm sorry...GOD am I sorry!" and ha ha ha...we all know what a horrible experience it is to see a 60 y/o woman naked (but Frankly Keaton looked much better than Nicholson...). I didn't want to see a movie where the aging woman was the joke. I was surprised that the movie was so good and the marketing was so off.